Abbas Kargar Javid

Abbas Kargar Javid was a Basij militiaman from Iran who shot student Neda Agha-Soltan during the 2009 Iranian election protests.

Biography
Abbas Kargar Javid was born in Iran to a Shia Muslim family, and he joined the Basij paramilitary group, enforcing sharia law. During the 2009 Iranian election protests, he fatally shot underground musician Neda Agha-Soltan as she left her car with her music teacher to observe the protests, and her death became one of the most widely-seen deaths in history, as she was filmed while bleeding profusely.